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LETTER OF INTENT
December 19, 2011
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Level 15, 385 Bourke Street
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia 3000
Devereaux Holdings PTY, LTD
11th Floor, BGC Centre
28 The Esplanade
Perth, WA
Australia 6000
Re: 2000 Bell 430 Helicopter,
Serial No. 49063. Australian Registration No. VH VGG
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Freedom Air International, Inc. ("Purchaser") hereby expresses its intent to purchase from
Commonwealth Bank of Australia/Devereaux Holdings PTY LTD ("Seller") that certain 2000
Bell 430 helicopter bearing Manufacturer's Serial No. 49063 and Australian Registration No.
VH VGG, together with its equipped engines and all avionics, equipment, systems, furnishings
and accessories installed on, contained in or attached to said helicopter and engines, and also
including all loose equipment that is normally or currently part of the helicopter and all aircraft
records and documents associated with the helicopter, all as is to be more particularly described
in the definitive written Aircraft Purchase Agreement described below (collectively, the
"Aircraft"), subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. The total purchase price for the Aircraft shall be the sum of Two Million Three Hundred
Thousand U.S. Dollars (US$2,300,000.00), payable as follows:
(a) Within five (5) business days after Seller's acceptance of this Letter of Intent
("Lon, Purchaser shall wire transfer a fully refundable One Hundred Thousand
U.S. Dollar (US$100,000.00) deposit (the "Deposit") to Insured Aircraft Title
Service, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Attn: Joan Roberts, Vice President (the
"Escrow Agent"), which Deposit shall be held in escrow and disbursed in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the definitive written
Aircraft Purchase Agreement described below (the "Purchase Agreement"); and
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(b) The balance of the purchase price for the Aircraft in the amount of Two Million
Two Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars (US$2,200,000.00) shall be paid at the
closing provided for in the Purchase Agreement, said purchase price balance to be
wire transferred prior to such closing into a special escrow account of the Escrow
Agent for- its disbursement-to-Seller at said-closing-upon the satisfaction of the
conditions and requirements to be set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
2. The Deposit and this LOI shall be subject to the execution of a definitive written Aircraft
Purchase Agreement between Seller and Purchaser in form and substance mutually satisfactory
to the parties, providing for the sale and purchase of the Aircraft on terms consistent with this
LOI, such other terms as are typically found in transactions of the type contemplated herein and
such other terms and conditions as may be mutually agreeable to the parties. Said definitive
written Aircraft Purchase Agreement shall herein be referred to as the "Purchase Agreement".
Purchaser shall provide to Seller an initial draft of the Purchase Agreement within seven (7)
business days after the acceptance of this LOI by Seller, and Seller and Purchaser shall undertake
to execute and deliver to each other the mutually acceptable Purchase Agreement within fifteen
(15) business days after the acceptance of this LOI by Seller. The Purchase Agreement shall
supersede this LOI in its entirety, and, if there should be any conflicts between the provisions of
the Purchase Agreement and this LOI, the provisions of the Purchase Agreement shall control for
all purposes. If the parties fail to enter into the Purchase Agreement within such fifteen (15)
business day period, then, unless the parties agree in writing to extend the date for execution, the
Escrow Agent shall, within one (1) business day after the expiration of such fifteen (15) business
day period, return the Deposit to Purchaser, and neither Seller nor Purchaser shall have any
further liability to the other party.
3. The Aircraft shall be delivered with good and marketable title and free and clear of all liens,
claims, demands and encumbrances.
4. The Aircraft shall be delivered in Western Australia in an airworthy condition with a valid
standard U.S. Certificate of Airworthiness and shall comply in all respects with the "Delivery
Condition" to be defined and specified in detail in the Purchase Agreement. In connection with
obtaining the U.S. Certificate of Airworthiness, (a) the administrative costs and expenses, and
the costs and expenses of the FAA DAR to travel to the inspection facility in Western Australia
(see Paragraph 5 below) to evaluate and determine the conformity of the Aircraft with the
requirements of a U.S. Certificate of Airworthiness, shall be the sole responsibility of Purchaser,
and (b) the costs and expenses associated with addressing items, including alterations or
modifications, that were not completed to, or are not in compliance with, U.S. airworthiness
standards, and bringing the same into conformity with the requirements for the issuance of a U.S.
Certificate of Airworthiness, shall be the sole responsibility of Seller.
5. A pre-purchase inspection of the Aircraft shall be conducted at a facility in Western Australia
to be specified in the Purchase Agreement, and the scope of the pre-purchase inspection,
including mechanical and records inspections, test flights and the like will also be specified in
the Purchase Agreement. Closing on the purchase of the Aircraft shall be subject to Purchaser's
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satisfaction, in Purchaser's sole discretion, with the results of the pre-purchase inspection of the
Aircraft
6. This LOI will remain in effect until 5:00 p.m. EST on December 21, 2011, after which, if not
accepted by Seller, it shall expire and have no further force or effect. This LOI may be accepted
by Sellifs returning— by facsimile transmission a copy hereof, eid—by an authonzed
re resentative of Seller, to Darren K. Indyke, the Vice President of Purchaser, at facsimile no.
prior to that time.
FREEDOM AIR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
Name: v,rr,n 4C.
Title: Vice ere f..7Tri.L414—
ACCEPTED BY:
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRAL1A/DEVEREAUX HOLDINGS PTY LTD
By:
Name:
Title:
Date:
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